My
Name is ResoluteArriving: February 18th,
2014 St. Martin's Press Thomas
Dunne Books:: During
the years that lead to the Revolutionary War, Resolute
Talbot goes from pampered child to slavery then escapes and
makes a life for herself by weaving. When British tyranny
crushes the colonial spirit, she turns from white linen to
blue wool, making and smuggling uniforms for the Continental
Army through British lines.

The
Water and the Blood HarperCollins, Inc., 2001::On
Halloween night in 1941, a group of high school kids burn down
a church. Frosty Summers is willing to do anything to be part
of "the gang." Not until she puts her feet into the
Pacific Ocean does her awakening gives her strength to lose
everything to stand against that gang.

These
is my Words1st in the Sarah Prine Series HarperCollins, Inc., 1998::A
moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the
author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine,
a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable
existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously
recording her steps down the path Providence has set her
upon—from child to determined young adult to loving
mother—she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and
tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with
cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and
purpose.

Sarah's
Quilt2nd in
the Sarah Prine SeriesSt. Martin's Press Thomas Dunne Books, 2004::The
long-awaited sequel to These Is My Words returns to Sarah's
family in 1906 after three years of drought have devastated
her ranch. Caught between the choice to save her land and the
love of a good man, Sarah faces dark challenges of territorial
life where everything hangs in the balance. It is a saga of
love, connection, and the gift of family.

The
Star Garden3rd
in the Sarah Prine Series St. Martin's Press, 2006::
A stagecoach accident puts in Sarah's path three strangers who
will change her life.

Caught between her heart's desires and her responsibilities,
Sarah is at a crossroads. Then, when Sarah’s son Charlie
unexpectedly returns from town with a new bride, her
relationship with an old neighbor turns into an all-out range
war. Pursued by a man she barely knows, Sarah wants more than
to be a replacement for his dead wife. It is only through a
chance encounter that she discovers his true feelings, and
only then can she believe that a selfless love has at last
reached out to her.

“
I
whispered to Patience, “My embroidery. What is to
become of it?” . . .“Are
you blind?” she asked.
I
studied her eyes for a moment then turned my face from
her to our burning house. No, I was not blind. I only
meant that we had lost all. Down to the smallest
things. My things. And here I sat tied like a pig held
for slaughter. I had been stolen; we had all been
stolen, as if we were gilt furniture or a chest full
of linen and purple-dyed cloth.” ―My
Name is Resolute

“Taking up marriage is a good excuse for taking up cursing, I think.” ―Sarah
Prine
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

“A
vivid picture of one woman’s true grit on the
frontier.” Dallas
Morning News
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

“My
life feels like a book left out on the porch, and the
wind blows the pages faster and faster, turning always
toward a new chapter faster than I can stop to read it.” ―Sarah
Prine
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

A
convivial period tale of adventure, love, and marriage,
featuring a spunky gun-toting heroine and the
brave-hearted soldier she comes to love. ``These is''
the late-19th-century words of Sarah Prine (whose
grammar will improve considerably by the close of the
yarn) as she tells the story of her family's trek from
their Oregon home to Arizona--a journey that takes a
terrible toll...Kirkus
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

“Incredibly
vivid and real and almost as though everything had been
found, complete in a box somewhere.” The
Washington Post
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

The novel
bustles with a large cast and period western
atmospherics. Turner also depicts a host of domestic and
frontier dramas (family strife, concerns about bandits,
border disputes). Sarah's independent streak and
sometimes wily nature will endear her to contemporary
readers. Part western, part romance, part imagined
history of the evolution of American womanhood, the
novel is well researched and manages to be at once
entertaining and thoughtful.―Publishers
Weekly
The Star Garden

Turner
follows up the best-selling These Is My Words (1999) and
Sarah's Quilt (2005) with another
novel-written-as-a-diary chronicling the
turn-of-the-century exploits of Arizona pioneer Sarah
Agnes Prine. Basing Sarah on her own great-grandmother,
the author's personal connection to the main character
authenticates this tale of courage, determination, and
audacious will on the frontier.Booklist
The Star Garden

“Part
western, part romance, part imagined history…at once
entertaining and thoughtful. Sarah's independent streak
and sometimes wily nature will endear her to
contemporary readers.”Publishers
Weekly
The Star Garden

“I have no wish to fit ladies’ gowns and keep up with style. I would sell you my cloth, only spare me from having to sew tucks and whalebone for some spoiled lord’s daughter with bad taste and too much coin."-My
Name is Resolute

When I was made to clean, I was often cursed at in language of an art that would have made even my pa faint. I grew used to their words and soon realized there was less threat behind them than there was a natural tendency to venomous hissing, rather like a basketful of snakes afloat on the sea...―My
Name is Resolute

Turner
follows up the best-selling These Is My Words (1999) and
Sarah's Quilt (2005) with another
novel-written-as-a-diary chronicling the
turn-of-the-century exploits of Arizona pioneer Sarah
Agnes Prine. Basing Sarah on her own great-grandmother,
the author's personal connection to the main character
authenticates this tale of courage, determination, and
audacious will on the frontier.Booklist
Star Garden

"Sarah
enchants with her plain spoken energy and honesty
SARAH'S QUILT is as straightforward, gritty and
persistent as the woman who inspires it."
Publishers Weekly"Publishers
Weekly
Sarah's Quilt